Last year’s event was lots of fun, and mtolympus has prepared a brand new adventure cache challenge for 2008!

This years event will once again be a weekend campout and hopefully have something for everybody.

* A well treed group use site with modern, heated washrooms and a cook shelter for our exclusive use
* Friday night caching for brave souls
* Saturday’s adventure cache challenge – “Selenitic”
* Family friendly group caching
* A Saturday BBQ and Bonfire
* Saturday morning pancake breakfast
* The many features Birds Hill Park has to offer (hiking, biking, rollerblading, horse back riding and the beach)

The planning is still ongoing, and we welcome any suggestions. One thing that will change for sure is the adventure cache challenge won’t start so early in the morning!

Geoventure 2008 will be held the weekend of September 5-7 in Birds Hill Park.

Birds Hill Park is a jewel located close to Winnipeg, and out-of-town Geocachers are invited to come join in for the weekend. Campers and trailers can set up at the group site, or trailers requiring full service hookup can reserve a site at the nearby Birds Hill Park provincial campground.

_________________I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!

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Geoventure 2008 will be held the weekend of September 6-7 in Birds Hill Park. Camping is available Friday and Saturday nights. The cache challenge Selenitic will run Saturday afternoon followed by a supper and bonfire.

Selenitic will start a little later this year to give people more time to arrive. One idea being discussed is to start the day with a pancake breakfast.

If you have any other suggestions about the event, please feel free to post them here._________________I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!

It’s a group use area with a cook shelter that has running water. There’re a couple of outlets at the cook shelter, but they may be in use so you may want to plan to bring some extra batteries along. Campers can set up anywhere around the grassy area of the group site. You should plan to bring whatever you normally bring to sustain you camping. There will be a group potluck supper and possibly pancake breakfast on the Saturday. You’re on your own for any other meals. As we get closer to the event more details will be available. There will likely be firewood provided for the common fire pit. There are heated modern washrooms within walking distance of the site, and nice heated showers a short drive (or bike ride) away at the main Birds Hill Park campground._________________I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!

Hey there everybody, this is mtolympus, the creator of "Capital Punishment," the cache for GeoVenture 2007, and also the soon-to-be-experienced "Selenitic" for GeoVenture 2008. My wife and I have had a lot of fun exploring the backwoods of BHP to create this cache, and are excited to see people race it. It's turning out to be quite a friendly cache, so don't expect too much bush-whacking or bog-walking, though I'd like to get some in there if I can. This year we'll do our best to make it a cache that translates over onto geocaching.com, and hopefully get it live shortly after the caching adventure race. Expect a good couple hours, and that's if you're a good guesser...

GeoVenture’s coming up soon! Check the updated listing for pictures of the site and facilities. Waypoints for parking, equipment drop-off and washrooms as well as a bookmark list of the 31 Birds Hill Park caches have been added.

If you’re planning on coming to the MBGA sponsored potluck BBQ, have a look at the cache listing to see what others are bringing. Please post your Will Attend to help organizers know how much food to bring if you’re planning on coming.

Everyone is welcome to camp, or just come out for the day to take part in the cache challenge or potluck BBQ – whatever your schedule permits._________________I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!

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